Trump prods Abe to address US-Japan trade imbalance

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017.

Our Bae Joo-yon has more.

The problem is that, in that moment, while United States missile defense forces are praying their interceptor hits North Korea’s nuclear missile, they’re also relying on Russian Federation to be able to tell that the other interceptor missiles aren’t a salvo of U.S. nukes. While the THAAD installation is nominally directed against North Korea, its powerful X-band radar can look deep inside Chinese territory and undermines China’s ability to retaliate against a U.S. nuclear attack.

The dialogue was launched by Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in April.

Moon then pressed Pyongyang to take the peace offers he extended during his speech in Berlin last week, calling his initiative the only viable path for the North to take.

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the long-range heavy bombers flew close to the tense and heavily militarised land border with the North before turning back. While they may have failed to bridge their differences on matters related to the comfort women issue – including the statues and the agreement between the two governments on December 28, 2015 – the two leaders deserve praise for agreeing on a so-called “two-track” approach of keeping those issues separate from other policies.

China’s biggest concern had been USA policy toward self-ruled Taiwan, after the Trump administration approved a $1.42 billion arms package for Taiwan, claimed by China as its own.

The testing of the ICBM, which North Korea has said could strike Alaska, has been met with consternation in both Washington and Beijing. The administration wants China to fully enforce global sanctions meant to starve Pyongyang of revenue for its nuclear and missile programs. What they aim to gain from a war with North Korea may simply be the upper-hand, or an unlikely regime change.

The declaration specified that “we will continue to fight protectionism” in trade issues, while including wording that “we recognize the role of legitimate trade defense instruments” to counter unfair trade practices in consideration of the United States.

Analysts said the test showed the missile could reach much of the USA state of Alaska.

In Florida, the two presidents spent more than seven hours in in-depth discussions, gained better understanding of each other, cemented mutual trust, reached consensus on many major issues, and built up a good working relationship.

“U.S. schemes aimed at increasing its threats of nuclear war against the DPRK for its legitimate and justified measures to defend its sovereignty and dignity will not evade self-destruction”, it said.

China-North Korean relations have been slowly souring since the end of the Cold War.